Cao Shi never expected such a scene, and stared for a while before shouting: "Master, what are you doing!" Bai Ge'er is my son, what, how can I go to live in the county king's mansion? "How can a younger brother go to live with his brother-in-law's house?

Jiang Xi didn't want to say more to her: "When I go out, you don't have to worry about the outside affairs, the monthly account office will allocate a certain amount of money to you, and you don't have to worry about buying your own yuan." If there is anything urgent, you can go to Sister Tao, if there is nothing to do, don't bother her, Sister Tao now has an errand pointed out by the emperor, and you know it. ”

Now Cao is really in a hurry. She doesn't have to take care of the business outside, and even the purchase is in charge of the housekeeper - Yuan Hu is the manager of the outer door, Jiang Xi has always relied on it, and he is calm and thoughtful, this purchase is in his hands, and it is conceivable that she will not be able to get her hands on it anymore - in this way, isn't it equivalent to leaving her idle in the inner house again?

It's the same as when Taohua was in charge of the house in the past—no, it's not as good as it was then. At least at that time, she didn't have to worry about the daily arrangements for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and she had her daughter by her side, and her son could also meet. But now, even if she doesn't need to handle the purchase, she has to think about what to buy, and she didn't feel that she lacked anything when she was in charge of the house in the past, and when she was in charge, she knew that there would be something less here and there, and it would take a lot of energy to think about it.

Moreover, now that her daughter is married, she obviously can't take Huan's knees anymore and send her son out, is this making her suffocate in the house alone?

"Master, I don't dare to stop you if you want to go out, but Brother Bai is my son, so naturally I will take care of it, how can there be any reason to live in the county king's mansion?"

Jiang Xi finished speaking, of course he wouldn't argue with her anymore, stood up and said lightly: "Sister Tao will pick people up on the day I go back, you can pack up your things." "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't clean up, Jiang Bohua has his own people around him to clean up, maybe it's more thoughtful than Cao's.

Cao Shi saw Jiang Xi walk with his feet raised, chased a few steps forward and tripped on the threshold, almost fell, and hurriedly held on to the door frame before stopping, Jiang Xi had already walked out of the yard without looking back. Cao Shi looked at his back, remembering Jiang Xi's gentle appearance when he first married into the Jiang family, knowing that she was considerate when she was pregnant, and the joy when she gave birth to Jiang Bohua, I only felt that the days of the past few years were like a dream, and she changed her appearance in a daze, and she didn't even know how it changed.

"This can't be done, this can't be done...... Cao Shi muttered, but he couldn't think of any way. Needless to say, the Jiang family is Jiang Xi's master, and Taohua is even stronger. If it is someone else's family, her mother's brother may be able to dissuade her, but her mother's family is far away in Jiangnan, and the only half-brother has been exiled to nowhere, who will speak for her?

Cao Shi thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of any way, so he couldn't help but sit down on the threshold with his hands on the door frame. Only then did she realize that in fact, she was nothing in the Jiang family, it was only Jiang Xi and Tao Huarong who asked her before that she could be a housewife, and once these two people no longer tolerate her, she would be nothing.

"Madam—" The two newly promoted maids, Olive and Ginkgo, hurriedly stepped forward to help her. Cao Shi raised his eyes and saw that it was Ginkgo who was holding her right, and subconsciously shook his hand, "Go away!" ”

After Poria followed Chen Yan to get married, she brought one up from the second-class maid below, so that there were still two maids by Cao's side. I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but the names of these two maids are also interesting: one is called olive, and the other is called ginkgo, which corresponds to the names of the old green fruit and white fruit respectively.

It is about the reason of Aiwu and Wuzhi, Cao's is closer to olives, but he doesn't like ginkgo very much. Because this name was chosen by Jiang Xi, she couldn't help but think of the white fruit that was released. Jiang Xi said such a thing today, and when the Cao family saw Ginkgo again, they couldn't help but be suspicious - wasn't it because she was making trouble not letting Jiang Xi take a white fruit, that Jiang Xi was going out?

If you knew this, you might as well not make trouble that day. Cao deeply regretted it. Bai Guo is just a maid, what can he do if he is a concubine? As long as she holds the deed of Baiguo in her hand, she will not be able to turn the sky. Why bother to make trouble in front of Taohua and Shen Shu for this matter, and lose Jiang Xi's face?

Speaking of which, she was indeed negligent, and Jiang Xi should not have been allowed to sleep in the study that night. At that time, Chen Yan also reminded her that Jiang Xi's affairs were all handled by Bai Guo, which was a little inappropriate. It's a pity that she was so busy marrying her daughter that she didn't find out what Bai Guo was thinking about, so she became like this today......

The more Cao thought about it, the more he regretted it, but there was no one around him to talk to, so he remembered Chen Yan more and more, and only looked forward to the day of returning to the door soon, so that he could say a few words to Chen Yan.

The so-called happy times are easy to pass, but hard days are unbearable, the more Cao looks forward to Chen Yan's return to the door, the more he feels that this time passes too slowly. She dragged and refused to pack Jiang Bohua's luggage, and Jiang Xi didn't urge her, so she asked the little maid Sharen and Yam, who are now serving Jiang Bohua, to clean up the commonly used things, as for what is lacking in the future, there is naturally Taohua to make up for it, and he doesn't have to worry about it.

Jiang Xi himself also started to pack up his things, and the old lady Jiang also came over specially and sent him some commonly used medicines on the road. Therefore, the Jiang family has been busy in the past two days, and the Cao family, the housewife, seems to be nothing, and no one wants to listen to her opinion at all.

The Cao family looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to the day when Chen Yan returned to the door. She got up early in the morning, but it was not Chen Yan and Liu Zhijing who came first, but Shen Shu and Taohua.

Taohua brought a very neatly packed box, plus a light carriage: "This horse was specially picked by the prince, the speed is not necessarily fast, but the endurance is excellent." It can not only pull a car, but also ride it on the mountain road. ”

According to Shen Shu, these two horses are a cross between Mongolian horses and Hequ horses. Mongolian horses are resistant to cold, rough feeding, hard work, and are not easily frightened. And the river meandering horse has great pulling strength, docile temperament, and strong staying power. The horses that were crossed between the two were perfectly suited to pull the cart to the northeast.

Jiang Xi can ride a horse, but he doesn't ride very well, if he is given a magic horse, he can't control it at all, but such a docile horse is the most suitable, and there is some surprise at the moment: "It's also called Zhengming bothered." How much silver was spent? "After he was made a pharmacist, his family also bought a carriage, but how could it be compared to what Shen Shu prepared. Shen Shu often travels long distances, and he knows how the carriage can be light and strong, and what kind of horse is suitable.

"Father-in-law is polite again." When Shen Shu brought the carriage back, he had already received Taohua's warm thanks, and he was so satisfied at this time that he didn't want to mention the matter of silver at all, "As the saying goes, a son-in-law is like a half-son, and the father-in-law and the half-son still talk about what to do." ”

Jiang Xi looked at his daughter's ruddy face and smiled with his eyebrows, knowing that this was a good life, his heart was very happy, he raised his hand and patted Shen Shu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "What you said is that I am in love." Since Shen Shu is straightforward, he doesn't talk about those false courtesies, and calmly asks the little guy to take the carriage and horse down to settle it, and come to see the box prepared by Taohua.

In terms of the number of times he goes out, Taohua's two lives add up to more than Shen Shu. Although there are inevitably differences between ancient and modern, but when the two are combined, the things to clean up are simple and practical, which is better than Jiang Xi's own cleaning, but Jiang Xi has to add the clothes himself.

The daughter and son-in-law were so thoughtful, Jiang Xi was naturally full of joy, and the sadness that he was going to leave home soon was gone, so he pulled Shen Shu and said, "Accompany me for a few drinks today." ”

Of course, Shen Shu was happy to obey his fate. Drinking with Jiang Xi is really just a few glasses for him. Taohua was angry and funny: "Dad is not allowed to get drunk today." Bai Ge'er went to look at his father and only allowed him three drinks. "Three glasses of rice wine, Jiang Xi can still withstand it.

The Cao family couldn't even interject the words, and at this time, seeing Shen Shu and Jiang Bohua accompanying Jiang Xi together, Taohua was singled, and hurriedly grabbed this empty space and pulled Taohua and said: "Sister Tao, your father said that you want to send Brother Bai'er to the Anjun Palace?" ”

Taohua nodded lightly: "I'm here to pick up Bai Ge'er today." Mrs. rest assured, the palace has been cleaned up, and there is a lot of everything. ”

Cao Shi hurriedly said: "Why do you want to take Bai Ge'er over?" She wanted to say that she was Jiang Bohua's mother, but when she saw Taohua's cold look, she swallowed back the words to her lips, and squeezed out a few words stiffly, "I heard that the emperor sent you an errand, so you must be busy, where can you take care of Brother Bai'er?" ”

Olive and Ginkgo, who were following her, couldn't help but bow their heads when they heard this. Mrs. really can't speak, as if she is accusing the princess of not taking good care of Bai Ge'er, why not say that she doesn't want Bai Ge'er to make trouble for the princess, in the end it is a kind word.

Momoka isn't surprised. If the Cao family didn't say foolish things and didn't do foolish things, it would probably not be the Cao family.

"Brother Bai has someone to serve, and I, the eldest sister, am busy, and I can still do it every day." The eldest sister can also be like a mother, and she will do it, at least it will not be worse than the Cao family.

Cao's head was sweating in a hurry, and he was about to say a few more words, when he heard a report from the little maid, saying that the second aunt and aunt had arrived at the door, and then Chen Yan and Liu Zhijing walked in together.

Cao didn't care about saying anything else, and a pair of eyes immediately swept over his daughter's face, but found that although his daughter was wearing a red shirt and a thin layer of fat powder on her face, her lips were red and her teeth were white, but her smile was a little reluctant, and her eyes seemed to be a little puffy, and she looked less colorful.

Look at Liu Zhijing again, he only wears a green shirt on days like returning to the door, although it is new, the clothes are mediocre, and the color is too plain, not like a newlywed.

It's not just the Cao family, even Jiang Xi frowned slightly when he looked at it. In the first few days of marriage, not only women wear red, but also men wear brighter to show their festivities. When Shen Shu came back with Taohua, he was wearing red clothes, but he still had an eye disease and never saw red. Now that Liu Zhijing has no such problem, why is he still wearing a green shirt? Although it seems to be the elegant demeanor of a group of scholars, it is too unlike a person who has just gotten married.

Liu Zhijing was calm, and when he entered the door, he gave Jiang Xi and Cao Shi a meeting, calling him "father-in-law" and "mother-in-law", and bowed down to Chen Yan. He can be polite, who can still put on a face for him? Jiang Xi could only accept this gift, and ordered a banquet to be set up in the front yard to entertain the new aunt.

The men went to the front, and Taohua saw that Cao knew that he had something to say to Chen Yan, so he used the excuse of packing up his things for Jiang Bohua and walked away, leaving Cao Shi can't wait to pull Chen Yan and ask, "How does my uncle treat you?" ”

It's okay if she doesn't say it, but when she said this, Chen Yan's eyes suddenly turned red.

On the wedding night, Liu Zhijing dragged it out until the third watch to come back, and when he entered the room, he said a few soft words, saying that there was something delayed, and he couldn't help Chen Yan when he returned to the room at this time.

Originally, he said soft words, and Chen Yanxin didn't want to make trouble when he married into the door, so he could go to the cave room and spend candles in the small Dengke. Who knew that Liu Zhijing later asked Chen Yan if he had explained to him in front of Taohua about the Northwest, and when he heard Chen Yan say that he had not found a chance, his face was not very good-looking, and he asked about the matter of resuming his surname.

Chen Yan was already very tired from waiting in the new house, and the small bowl of somen noodles she ate was also digested, and she was already a little irritable. Seeing that Liu Zhijing returned to the room so late, he was displeased, and the anger in his heart was a little uncontrollable. And the matter of reverting to the surname was not something she was willing to do, so she was impatient to elaborate, only saying that her surname was Chen, and the reinstatement of the surname should also be done, and did not mention the matter of the emperor's dictation.

When she said this, Liu Zhijing couldn't say anything. The blood relatives are deep in the bone marrow, if she was not a girl, she was afraid that she would be accused when she changed her surname to Jiang, but now that she has returned to her original surname, no one can find fault with it. Liu Zhijing read the book of sages, of course, he was embarrassed to say that the surname Chen was not as good as the surname Jiang, so he had to hold his breath, and the husband and wife rested.

The night was a little perfunctory. Although Chen Yan didn't understand, she also felt that Liu Zhijing's attitude was a little cold, and she was uncomfortable, so she didn't fall asleep until it was dark. Who knew that when he closed his eyes, he was awakened by Mrs. Liu's voice in the yard, it turned out that Daylily poured the leftover pickles into the swill bucket last night, and was discovered by Mrs. Liu.

The pickles were too salty, Poria didn't know what was going on in the kitchen, and she didn't know how to wash it with water to get rid of the salt. Although the Jiang family pays attention to cherishing blessings and is not allowed to waste things at will, pickles are not so precious after all, so the daylilies are poured casually, who knows that Mrs. Liu found out in the morning and immediately scolded.

If it's just pickles, but Poria poured some sesame oil into it, and the sesame fragrance couldn't be hidden, Mrs. Liu smelled it at once, and immediately called out Daylily and others, so she scolded a dog in the yard for bloody heads, thinking that they were ruined.

Although Mrs. Liu's words did not point to Chen Yan's head, the new daughter-in-law had just entered the door, and the maid who accompanied the marriage was scolded, and her face was also beaten. Chen Yan is in the house, not talking, not talking. Fortunately, Liu Zhijing got up, and when Mrs. Liu saw her son, she remembered that she had to take the bride for tea today, so she closed her mouth.

When Cao Shi heard this, he was dumbfounded: "It's just half a plate of pickles......" Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of the days he had spent in the Chen family, and the words behind him suddenly couldn't be said, and he said after a while, "It's just that you just entered the door, and you really shouldn't be like this......"

Chen Yan wiped her tears and said: "For this matter, I taught me a few words during the tea ceremony, and said that I was extravagant, and I was afraid that the dowry would be spent in my hands, so I would take it over and take care of it for me." ”

"That's not going to work!" Cao's reaction was extremely fast this time. When she was in the Chen family, she was stupid and always gave the dowry to her husband's family, and when she was finally driven back to the Cao family, she was almost empty-handed.

Chen Yan was not so stupid, let Mrs. Liu teach her, knelt on the erection mat for two quarters of an hour, and did not agree to hand over the dowry to Mrs. Liu. In the end, it was Liu Zhijing who opened his mouth, and Mrs. Liu took the tea she gave and let her stand up. It's just that in this way, Mrs. Liu has been staring at her like a thief for the past few days, and the gifts she returned to the door today are not rich, so she almost didn't want to take them out in front of Taohua and Shen Shu.

Cao Shi was so worried that his two eyebrows were locked together: "The girl who is Xuancao is too, why did she make such a mistake just after passing the door, but let your mother-in-law take the wrong place." ”

Saying this is the same as not saying it, and it didn't help Chen Yan at all. Chen Yan said: "It's useless to talk about this at this time, not to mention it's just half a plate of pickles - but my mother-in-law has shown her tone in the past few days, I'm afraid that I want to go to her house to make rules." ”

As a bride, that is, she can be more comfortable in the past few days before returning to the door, and once she returns to the door, she is already a member of her husband's family by default, and all the rules must come according to her husband's family. But the Liu family is a poor family, where do they have such big rules? said that it was a rule, but it was not because the dowry was not handed over, Mrs. Liu was unhappy, and found a way to pinch Chen Yan.

This Cao really can't help it. The mother-in-law is justified in making rules, but the daughter-in-law cannot disobey it. Although Cao felt sorry for his daughter, he could only say: "You should be patient for a few days first, and then slowly turn around." In the future, let your mother-in-law see that you are not a thrifty person, and she will naturally be relieved. ”

Chen Yan was not so relaxed. In the past few days, it can be seen from the diet of the Liu family that although the half dish of pickles is Mrs. Liu's excuse, it is also true that the Liu family is thrifty. The Jiang family is not a luxury family, but it is not much better than the Liu family in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. In detail, the Liu family is not much better than the original Chen family. Chen Yan has lived a comfortable life in the Jiang family for all these years, and now she has suddenly returned to her previous living standard, which is really unbearable.

Cao Shi has never been an idea, and when he encounters this kind of thing, he has no idea, and thinks about it: "Why don't you add your own dishes?" "However, there is no reason for a daughter-in-law to eat quietly behind her mother-in-law's back, if she adds it to her mother-in-law, wouldn't it be equivalent to taking out a dowry to support her husband's family? Therefore, Cao came up with this idea, and he got entangled first.

Chen Yan is also at a loss, thinking about it, she can only start from Liu Zhijing, if she can win her husband's heart, it is not difficult for her mother-in-law to think about it. However, Liu Zhijing went to the yamen on an errand on the second day of her wedding, and only took a half-day off when she returned today, and her heart seemed to be all on the errand, so that she had no way to please her.

"I, I'm just afraid that I still have to talk to my sister about it......" Since Liu Zhijing takes the errand so seriously, if he wants to please him, he can only go to Taohua to argue. In addition, Chen Yan really can't think of any other way, she can't go out of the door, how can she know how to help Liu Zhijing?

At the mention of Taohua, Cao's face suddenly collapsed: "Your sister-your sister is going to take Brother Bai away!" ”

Chen Yan was taken aback when she heard this: "Daddy is going to go far away?" ”

"Not really!" Cao couldn't help but wipe away his tears, "If he had taken a fancy to Baiguo, why didn't he stay at that time, what else could I do?" Now that the people have been sent out, he is also leaving, and even Bai Ge'er has to move to the Anjun Palace, where is this reason! I'm his mother! ”

Chen Yan didn't care about Jiang Bohua's matter: "Mother, you have to follow your father!" ”

"I, I'm going along?" Cao Shi was so surprised that he even forgot to cry, "Your father is going out to see medicinal herbs and is going into the mountains!" "Where can she go with her?

"What's the point of going into the mountains!" Chen Yan was a little anxious, "Look at my sister, in a place like the northwest, she followed the prince of the county and went!" The prince of the county went to the epidemic area, and she also went. When the prince of the county goes to war, she will go to get some ambulance team. She follows the prince wherever she goes, and the prince of the county respects her so much! ”

When he returned to the capital this time, Shen Shu accompanied Taohua back to Jiang's house several times, and when he was born, he could see that the husband and wife had an excellent relationship. In such a comparison, the Cao family really doesn't look like Jiang Xina, and even his subordinates have to mumble behind their backs.

Cao Shi said with a sad face: "Your sister has the ability, besides, even if she goes to the northwest, she doesn't need to walk by herself...... Your father, that's into the mountain...... "If you really want to enter the mountain, you can't sit in the carriage at all, you have to walk on two feet." Although she has never bound her feet, she has spent more time sitting and less time walking since she was a child. In the Chen family, you can't go out at all, but when you go to the Jiang family, you can enjoy it, if you talk about walking, you really can't walk a few steps.

Chen Yan only felt that her mother was stupid: "If you follow your father, you may not follow you into the mountain, even if your father enters the mountain, you are waiting outside, this is also an accompaniment." "If you don't take advantage of this time to make up for your relationship with Jiang Xi, and when Jiang Xi goes out for more than half a year and comes back, I'm afraid I will become a stranger.

Cao Shi thought about the beginning of the journey from Wuxi to the capital, there were boats and cars along the way, it was very hard, if you went to the northeast, it was only a small carriage...... I couldn't help but play the drum in my heart, and whispered: "Your brother is still young, I want to guard him at home......"

"Isn't my brother going to live in the county king's mansion, what are you still guarding!" Chen Yan was almost angry.

Cao Shi lowered his head and didn't speak, and only said after a while: "I can't help but let my mother see my son......"

Chen Yan felt that her words were in vain, and she wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that Cao's oil and salt didn't enter, she was still full of troubles, so she didn't bother to say more, and turned her head to talk to Taohua.

Taohua was asking someone to pack up Jiang Bohua's things and move them to the carriage, when she heard Chen Yan mention the matter in the northwest, she suddenly felt a little tired, and interrupted Chen Yan unceremoniously: "If you don't know, don't intervene, it has nothing to do with you." "I haven't asked her about reporting to Liu Zhijing at the beginning, but she came to the front first.

Chen Yan was choked by Taohua, and watched Taohua turn around and leave, wanting to catch up and say a few words, but she was a little timid, and stood empty for a long time, until the banquet opened in front of her, and the Cao family sent someone to find her, so she followed listlessly.